Roth v. United States

E130035

U.S. Supreme Court case landmark decision

Roth v. United States is a landmark 1957 U.S. Supreme Court decision that redefined the legal standard for obscenity under the First Amendment.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Roth v. United States canonical	4
Samuel Roth v. United States	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. Supreme Court case ⓘ landmark decision ⓘ
appliedTo	federal obscenity statute ⓘ
areaOfLaw	First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: First Amendment law constitutional law ⓘ criminal law ⓘ
arguedDate	1957-04-22 ⓘ 1957-04-23 ⓘ
citation	354 U.S. 476 ⓘ
concurrenceBy	Felix Frankfurter ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted	First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	1957-06-24 ⓘ
decisionType	majority decision ⓘ
dissentBy	Hugo L. Black ⓘ John M. Harlan II ⓘ William O. Douglas ⓘ
docketNumber	582 ⓘ
fullCaseName	Roth v. United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Samuel Roth v. United States
holding	Obscenity is not protected speech under the First Amendment ⓘ The test for obscenity is whether to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interest ⓘ
impact	limited First Amendment protection for sexually explicit materials deemed obscene ⓘ redefined the legal standard for obscenity in the United States ⓘ
joinedByInMajority	Charles E. Whittaker ⓘ Earl Warren ⓘ Felix Frankfurter ⓘ Hugo L. Black ⓘ John M. Harlan II ⓘ Tom C. Clark ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
legalIssue	First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: First Amendment freedom of speech ⓘ freedom of the press ⓘ obscenity ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ
overruledPrecedent	United States v. One Book Called Ulysses ⓘ surface form: United States v. One Book Called Ulysses (to the extent inconsistent with new standard)
petitioner	Samuel Roth ⓘ
rearguedDate	1957-10-21 ⓘ 1957-10-22 ⓘ
relatedConcept	contemporary community standards ⓘ obscene material ⓘ prurient interest ⓘ
respondent	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
standardEstablished	Roth test for obscenity ⓘ
subsequentCase	Jacobellis v. Ohio ⓘ Memoirs v. Massachusetts ⓘ Miller v. California ⓘ
timePeriod	20th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William J. Brennan Jr. → notableWork → Roth v. United States ⓘ

Brennan → notableWork → Roth v. United States ⓘ

subject surface form: William J. Brennan Jr.

United States v. One Book Called Ulysses → influenced → Roth v. United States ⓘ

Roth v. United States → fullCaseName → Roth v. United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samuel Roth v. United States

opinion in Ginzburg v. United States → relatedCase → Roth v. United States ⓘ